# Gwendy's Button Box: A Novella - Paperback

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by **Stephen King** (Author), **Richard Chizmar** (Author)

Stephen King teams up with long-time friend and award-winning author Richard Chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the mysterious town of Castle Rock.There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong--if time-rusted--iron bolts and zig-zag up the precarious cliffside. Then one day when Gwendy gets to the top of Castle View, after catching her breath and hearing the shouts of kids on the playground below, a stranger calls to her. There on a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small, neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat... The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told--until now.

### Author Biography

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes _Never Flinch_, the short story collection _You Like It Darker (_a _New York Times Book Review_ top ten horror book of 2024), _Holly_ (a _New York Times_ Notable Book of 2023), _Fairy Tale_, _Billy Summers_, _If It Bleeds_, _The Institute_, _Elevation_, _The Outsider_, _Sleeping Beauties_ (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: _End of Watch_, _Finders Keepers_, and _Mr. Mercedes_ (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel _11/22/63_ was named a top ten book of 2011 by _The New York Times Book Review_ and won the _Los Angeles Times_ Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works _The Dark Tower_, _It_, _Pet Sematary_, _Doctor Sleep_, and _Firestarter_ are the basis for major motion pictures, with _It_ now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

Richard Chizmar is the author of _New York Times_ bestselling novels _Chasing the Boogeyman,_ _Becoming the Boogeyman, Memorials_, and _Widow's Point: The Complete Haunting_ (cowritten with son, W.H. Chizmar), and coauthor (with Stephen King) of the _New York Times_ bestselling novella _Gwendy's Button_ _Box_, the novel _Gwendy's Final Task_, and the solo novella _Gwendy's Magic Feather_. His short fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, most recently, the bestselling anthology, _The End of The World as We Know It: New Stories of Stephen King's_ _The Stand_. He is the founder and publisher of the specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense, Cemetery Dance. He has won two World Fantasy awards, four International Horror Guild awards, and the HWA's Board of Trustees award. Chizmar's work has been translated into more than fifteen languages throughout the world, and he has appeared at numerous conferences as a writing instructor, speaker, panelist, and guest of honor. Follow him on X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and Bluesky: @RichardChizmar, or visit his website at RichardChizmar.com.

**Number of Pages:** 176

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 8 x 5.2 IN

**Publication Date:** October 31, 2017

## Details

- **Price:** 24.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Coming of Age, Fiction, Magical Realism, Price Written on Book, Supernatural, Thrillers

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